All Red Bricks in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight add up to 23: 14 are hidden inside story missions behind small environmental puzzles, and 9 are sold in Bat-Mite’s shop for 25,000 studs each. Collecting one unlocks a new color palette you can apply to every suit and vehicle in your roster from the customization menu.
What Red Bricks Do and How to Use Them
Red Bricks in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight are purely cosmetic. Each one you collect unlocks a new color scheme for suits and vehicles — there’s no gameplay-altering cheat code buried in the list, just paint jobs. Once you’ve picked one up, open the suit or vehicle customization screen and press Square on PS5 or X on Xbox to bring up the Red Brick modifier list, then choose a palette. That choice applies globally: pick a gold-and-black scheme for the Batsuit and every other compatible suit and vehicle in your garage can wear it too, not just the one you had equipped when you unlocked it.
That global application is worth knowing before you start hunting, because it means the order you collect Red Bricks in doesn’t matter for how they function — only whether you’ve found all 23 matters for full completion.
All 14 Red Bricks Hidden in Story Missions
Fourteen of the 23 Red Bricks are tucked into main-story chapters, and almost all of them are gated behind a small puzzle rather than just sitting in the open. Guides from Push Square and GamesRadar both map every chapter location, and the puzzles follow a familiar LEGO-game pattern: a light-and-mirror wheel to align in one museum level, a hidden switch behind scenery in another, a glass case you have to shatter with the right gadget in a third. If a chapter has an optional side room or a suspiciously decorated dead end, that’s usually where the brick is.
None of the 14 require a specific character power you won’t already have by the point you reach that chapter, so you don’t need to plan a return trip mid-story the way some open-world LEGO titles demand — though a full free-roam cleanup pass after the credits roll is still the easiest way to mop up anything missed.
All 9 Red Bricks From Bat-Mite’s Shop
The remaining 9 Red Bricks don’t hide in the world at all — they’re sold by Bat-Mite, at 25,000 studs apiece, which adds up to 225,000 studs if you want the full set. You’ll need to progress far enough into the story to unlock his shop before any of this is available. Once it’s open, Red Bricks appear one at a time on the shop’s center pedestal, rotating in alongside alternate costumes and other cosmetic unlocks rather than all being listed for sale at once.
Two things trip people up here. First, the pedestal stock cycles — buying anything from that same podium, not just a Red Brick, can push a new item into rotation, so leaving the shop empty-handed doesn’t mean nothing new is coming. Second, some of the 9 shop bricks reportedly don’t enter rotation at all until after you’ve finished the main campaign, so if you’re missing one late in your collection and it never seems to show up, the fix is often just to finish the story and check back.
| Source | Count | How to Get It |
|---|---|---|
| Story missions | 14 | Solve a small environmental puzzle or find a hidden area during a main-story chapter |
| Bat-Mite’s shop | 9 | Buy from the rotating pedestal for 25,000 studs each (225,000 studs for all 9) |
| Total | 23 | Combine both sources for full Red Brick completion |
Tips for Clearing the Full Red Brick List
Because the shop pedestal only cycles one Red Brick at a time and buying other cosmetics nudges the rotation along, the fastest way to grind out all 9 shop bricks isn’t to wait around — it’s to buy whatever’s on the pedestal the moment you have the studs for it, brick or not, and keep checking back after every mission or side activity. Sitting on studs waiting for a specific brick to appear is slower than just clearing the pedestal repeatedly, since each purchase is what advances the rotation in the first place.
The other practical habit worth building: don’t assume you’ve hit a bug if a shop brick refuses to show up. Because a handful of shop bricks are reportedly locked out of rotation until the story is finished, players who stop checking the shop mid-campaign are the ones who end up thinking their save is broken. Finish the main story first, then treat the post-game as your real shop-clearing window.
If you’re weighing this game against the rest of the Batman catalog while you wait out the shop rotation, our ranking of the best Batman video games has some context on where LEGO Batman’s collectible-hunting design sits next to the Arkham series. The puzzle-gated story bricks in particular echo the kind of environmental traps and hidden rooms built around villains like the one in our breakdown of Scarecrow in Arkham Knight, just with a LEGO coat of paint instead of fear gas.
What’s Coming Next
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight launched worldwide on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on May 29, 2026 (Deluxe Edition buyers got 72 hours of early access starting May 26), per WB Games’ press release, and that’s the version this guide reflects, current through September 2026. A Nintendo Switch 2 release follows on September 18, 2026, alongside the paid “Mayhem Collection” expansion built around The Joker and Harley Quinn — our list of the best Batman villains has more on why that pair headlines so much Batman media. The Red Brick system covered here belongs to the base game and isn’t changed by that add-on, so this list should hold regardless of which platform or edition you’re playing.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Red Bricks are in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight?
There are 23 total: 14 are found in story missions and 9 are purchased from Bat-Mite’s shop.
How much do Red Bricks cost in Bat-Mite’s shop?
Each of the 9 shop Red Bricks costs 25,000 studs, for 225,000 studs if you buy the full set.
How do I use a Red Brick once I collect it?
Open the suit or vehicle customization screen and press Square on PS5 or X on Xbox to open the Red Brick modifier list, then pick a color palette. The palette applies globally to every compatible suit and vehicle you own.
Why can’t I find a specific Red Brick in Bat-Mite’s shop?
The shop pedestal rotates its stock, and some Red Bricks reportedly don’t enter rotation until after you’ve completed the main story. Keep buying items from the podium to cycle the stock, and check back after finishing the campaign.
Do Red Bricks affect gameplay?
No. They’re purely cosmetic color palettes for suits and vehicles — they don’t unlock cheats, abilities, or stat changes.
